Fountain-pen.



. A. HOLLAND.

FOUNTAIN PEN.

APPLlcATmN FILED r-1ov.3,1914.

Paened Sept.

www@ m that .pressure of onels lingers upm the ,i rrete JOI-IN A.

HOLLAND, OE' CINCENNAT, OHO, ASSIGNOR TG SGEN HLLAD GOLD PEN COMPANY, DE CNCNNATI, OHIO, il. COR-EBATON OF 43H10.

FOUNTAN-PEN.

To all whom t may connerie Be it known that "l, Jorn-v A. HOLLAND, e citizen of the Unit-eel States of America, und. resident of Cineinne ti, county of l'lanilton? Stute of Gioie, lieve invented certain new and useful llinprovenients in lllountein-Qfnis `permit Vthe reservoir to eiqienfl unil drew in e Charge inlz.

An obieet of ,my invention is to produce e. sell filling' fountain pen in which. improvetl Ineens are employed for effecting eoinpres Sion or" the 'ink reservoir.

Another object of my invention is to produce a sell" filling fountain pen in which improved ineens nre employed for 'ireventing accidental operation of Vthe reservoir eoxnn'essingA ineens.

These and other objects are attained in the apparatus described in the tolloivingg speeieation and illustrated in the accom-- punying clrew'ings in which;

Figure 'l is e regnientel longitudinal sectional. view of u oen embodying my in vention, with tie parte 'thereof in position for use in Writing.. Fig. 3- is similar View, but illustrating tlie pen with the verts moved to the reservoir .filling pennen.

Fig. 3 is e 'transverse seetionrlil View teken on line fwl lling. i.

ln orclinnrjlt' fountain vpens of the mit filling type, .it is usual that constructions have been employed in w ":li meid-entail operation olf the reservoir e rse-ing nieelieinem is jgiossilile, as .lor eraanalile when' one is placing the fountain pen in position in tile pocket or when i .roving i` ln addition to tluis many' the :neelnrmsnxs employed in this .tj/:glie o1 i pen.y ere not only liulse to accidentel ofi tion wils plaeing'j the pen in t'ne poele; moving it tlieretr'on'n l3nt el i. is in use. since tlie iis-unl ployeil 'for causing' Comores ion ot tin tieink reservoir"y usually' l edil .zlrove surfeeeotthe pen 'barrel onere otherwise mounted on tlie penlierrel in Seel nninner l I alli;

,Specification of Letters Patent.

will lie in Patented Sept. 7,'l9l5.

ppleeton filed November 3,. 1914. Serial No. 870,142.

ating portions of the mechanism, would disclierge inl; upon tile Writing peper.

ln order to overcome these objections, I lieve (leifisetl t-lie ni'eelieniein illustrated es un einboclinient of my invention. in which the usuel type of pen barrel Le, with the pen holding' plug 5 end the usual removable cover or nep G ere employed. A collapsible reservoir S, which is meile of soft rubber, secured to the projecting end 9 of the ink tube or duet lending to the pen point 'l'. ln order to eoinpress lthe reservoir previous to iilling the reservoir with inl, l have provicletl n. longit'utlinul compressor bar 10 which is mou teal within tl'le barrel 4l und contacts the elength or". tlie reservoir 8' es illustrated..

I rlfnis lier monnteil upon n ping li. extending transverswy of the pen barrel :anal eilepteil to nieve upon this 'pin its univ on :a lever is. mounten in i slot ilie non l): r-

er: A l5 of spring lil.

Vtwotolil lium'tion ol seeming elle lever 17 :against- :u'eulentnl (implore-erneut in its Annmol-infn* slot 1S, when 1t is occupying its inoperative position as shown in Fig. 1, and also of affording a finger piece for collapsing` the reservoir 8, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

ln operation: lever 17 with its pin 16 are Withdrawn from between the branches 14% and 15 of the spring 13, tlie lever then being i swung to the opposite end of the slot 1S. lli/'ith the lever contacting the compressor bar 10 and the pin 1G occupying a position extending` above the barrel of the pen, the piu is pressed to cause tlie lever 1.7 to bear upon the compressor bar 10, until the reservoir S is collapsed. `With the parts in this position, the point 7 is submerged in ink. Lever 17 and pin 1G are then swung beck to their inoperative positions and the conipresser bar is permitted to assume its nor-- inal position as the resiliency of the soft rubber reservoir 8 causes the reservoir to expand and' draiv in a charge of ink. YWith the pen thus illed and the enlarged end 16 of the pin 16 secured between the branches 14 and l5 of the spring 13, the pen is ready for use.

Having thus described iny invention, what I claim is:

1. A fountain pen comprising;` ay barrel, a Collapsible reservoir located in the barrel, a tube section located :in the barrel adjacent to the reservoir, a compressor bar located in gaging said reservoir, a lever pivotally. mounted in said slot and to be swungfroni an inoperative position at one end of sa-id slot to an operative position engaging said compressor bar at tlie other end of said slot7 a proJeetion on the lever to assist in compressing said yreservoir when the lever is in Van operative position, and means mounted within the barrel to engage-said projection to retain said lever-in its inoperzitiveposition.

In testimony whereof, have hereunto subscribed my naine this 2d day of November, 1914.

JOHN A. HOLLAND. l'itnesses z WAI/rn F. MURRAY, 1V. Tir RNTON Boeiiirr.

Ipresser bar located in said barrel and en- 

